CSRI Seminar: Virginia Torczon

Title	Pattern Search: A Status Report
Speaker E-mail From	Virginia Torczon va@cs.wm.edu Department of Computer Science The College of William and Mary
Date Time Location	Thursday, December 13, 2001 2-3pm (PST) Bldg. 921, 137 (Sandia - CA) Bldg. 980, Room 24 (Sandia - NM)
Abstract	Pattern search methods have seen active use at Sandia National Labs to solve engineering optimization problems. Pattern search methods are a class of methods for solving general nonlinear programming problems. Pattern search methods are represented in at least two Sandia software packages: APPSPACK and DAKOTA. I will review current progress on two fronts: implementation and analysis. I will discuss what work remains ahead and what the analysis indicates will be significant challenges to the development of effective software.

About the Speaker	Virginia Torczon is a tenured associate professor of computer science at The College of William and Mary. She received a Ph.D. in Computational and Applied Mathematics from Rice University. Prof. Torczon received the prestigious NSF CAREER Award in 1997. She is an active member of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) where she serves on the council, the Mathematical Programming Society (MPS), the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Professor Torczon's research interests are in nonlinear programming, multidisciplinary design optimization, parallel and distributed computing, and computational science.
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